Since the Italian's arrival to England last summer, the two manager's have had some interesting words to each other on both the touchline and also in press conferences over the past season and a half.

The former Chelsea boss seems to have a knack of finding the right buttons to push when it comes to his managerial rival, and some unpleasantries have been swapped between the pair.

While both managers used their press conferences on Friday to dampen down the angst that has been swirling around their respective camps, there is no doubt that a lot of the focus will be on the pair on Sunday afternoon.

It could get both heated on the sidelines if things also become tempered on the pitch as well.

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'Defensive Chelsea' - February 2017

Mourinho: "Chelsea are a very good defensive team. They defend very well and with lots of players and I think in this situation a very defensive team wins the title with counter-attack goals and set-pieces goals, so I don't think they will let it slip but football is football."

Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte clash on the sidelines during Chelsea's win over Manchester United (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

'No Mourinho season' - July 2017

Conte: "Two years ago Chelsea finished 10th. That cannot happen again. We know the difficulty and for sure we want to avoid the Mourinho season with Chelsea.

"The coaches of the previous two champions [Chelsea and Leicester] both lost their jobs [the next season] and we are working very well to find the best solutions and use them."

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Injuries - October 2017

Mourinho: "I never speak about injuries. Other managers, they cry, they cry, they cry when a player is injured.

"I don't cry; I think the way to do it is ignore the players who are injured and focus on the players that are available. If I want to moan and cry like the others, I can cry for the next five minutes. But I don't."

Antonio Conte on the sidelines (Photo by Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)

Conte: "I think he has to think about his team and start looking at himself, not others. I think that, a lot of times, Mourinho [likes to concentrate on] what is happening at Chelsea. A lot of times, also last season. [He has] to think about his team."

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Respect - November 2017

Conte: "It's not important, the relationship between the coaches. You have to respect the job of the other coach, and then stop then. I don't like to speak about other situations.

"I respect the job, but that stops, finish: he's an opponent, and I'm an opponent for him. He's an opponent, I stop, finish. I have respect for his job. He must have respect for my job."

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Clown - January 2018

Mourinho: "Because I don't behave as a clown on the touchline, it means that I lost my passion. I prefer to behave the way I am doing it, much more mature, better for my team and myself, I don't think you have to behave like a crazy guy on the touchline to have that passion.

"That passion, you see it every day. The way a person is dedicated to his work, not what you do in front of the cameras."

Senile - January 2018

Conte: "I think he has to see himself in the past - maybe he was speaking about himself in the past. Maybe, sometimes, I think that someone forgets what's said in the past, which is his behaviour.

"Sometimes I think there is, I don't know the name, but 'demenza' senile... when you forget what you do in the past."

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Match fixing - January 2018

Mourinho: "The only thing I want to say to end the story is that yes, I made mistakes in the past on the touchline. Yes, I will make less but I think I will still make a few.

"What never happened to me - and will never happen - is to be suspended for match-fixing. That never happened to me and will never happen."

Antonio Conte on the sidelines during the Barcelona draw (Photo by Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images)

Little man - January 2018

Conte: "I think before you make this type of comment, before to hurt another person, you must pay great attention,” Conte said of Mourinho, who had stated the previous day he had never been, and will never be, suspended for match-fixing.

"You show you are a little man. A little man. You don’t know very well [what] is the situation. But I know him very well in the past. In the past he was a little man in many circumstances, is a little man in the present and for sure he will be a little man in the future.

"Also if he wants to try to change his behaviours … but the person’s this, Mourinho’s this. You know him very well. The level is very low. I repeat: I think before to speak you have to know very well what happened."